Amazing for Cape Verde! Cameroon didn't even win their match anyway against Angola, who finally played up to their potential to extent.

The Senegal/Congo DR + the Gabon/Ivory Coast situations will be sorted out in a few hours and the Benin/Nigeria/South Africa scenario will be sorted out by the matches that start momentarily.

Edited October 14, 2025Oct 14 by DJHazey

Both Nigeria (2-0 over Benin) and South Africa (2-0 over Rwanda) are dominating early in the second half, so it looks like South Africa will get that World Cup berth and overcome the points reduction. It will be their first qualification since hosting the 2010 tournament.

That is gutting for Benin out of the playoff spot after being top of the table at the start of the day.

A shame for Benin, but South Africa probably did deserve to win that group - they would probably have been a lot more cleanly in front if not for the points deduction.

Matchday 10 - Tuesday

Group B

DR Congo 1-0 Sudan

Senegal 4-0 Mauritania

Group C

Nigeria 4-0 Benin

South Africa 3-0 Rwanda

Group E

Morocco 1-0 Congo

Group F

Seychelles 0-7 Gambia

Gabon 2-0 Burundi

Ivory Coast 3-0 Kenya

Group G

Algeria 2-1 Uganda

Guinea 2-2 Botswana

Somalia 0-1 Mozambique

Matchday 10 - Tables

 

Group A

1. Egypt 10/10 (+8) 26

2. Burkina Faso 10/10 (+5) 21

3. Sierra Leonne 10/10 (+2) 15

4. Guinea-Bissau 10/10 (-2) 10

5. Ethiopia 10/10 (-5) 9

6. Djibouti 10/10 (-28) 1

 

Group B

1. Senegal 10/10 (+19) 24

2. DR Congo 10/10 (+9) 22

3. Sudan 10/10 (+2) 13

4. Togo 10/10 (-5) 8

5. Mauritania 10/10 (-9) 7

6. South Sudan 10/10 (-16) 5

 

Group C

1. South Africa 10/10 (+6) 18

2. Nigeria 10/10 (+7) 17

3. Benin 10/10 (+1) 17

4. Lesotho 10/10 (-3) 12

5. Rwanda 10/10 (-4) 11

6. Zimbabwe 10/10 (-7) 5

 

Group D

1. Cape Verde 10/10 (+8) 23

2. Cameroon 10/10 (+12) 19

3. Libya 10/10 (+2) 16

4. Angola 10/10 (+1) 12

5. Mauritius 10/10 (-10) 6

6. Eswatini 10/10 (-13) 3

 

Group E

1. Morocco 8/8 (+20) 24

2. Niger 8/8 (+1) 15

3. Tanzania 8/8 (-1) 10

4. Zambia 8/8 (0) 9

5. Congo 8/8 (-20) 1

 

Group F

1. Ivory Coast 10/10 (+25) 26

2. Gabon 10/10 (+13) 25

3. Gambia 10/10 (+9) 13

4. Kenya 10/10 (+4) 12

5. Burundi 10/10 (0) 10

6. Seychelles 10/10 (-51) 0

 

Group G

1. Algeria 10/10 (+16) 25

2. Uganda 10/10 (+5) 18

3. Mozambique 10/10 (-4) 18

4. Guinea 10/10 (+3) 15

5. Botswana 10/10 (-4) 10

6. Somalia 10/10 (-17) 1

 

Group H

1. Tunisia 10/10 (+22) 28

2. Namibia 10/10 (+3) 15

3. Liberia 10/10 (+2) 15

4. Malawi 10/10 (+1) 13

5. Equatorial Guinea 10/10 (-7) 11

6. São Tomé and Príncipe 10/10 (-21) 3

 

Group I

1. Ghana 10/10 (+17) 25

2. Madagascar 10/10 (+5) 19

3. Mali 10/10 (+11) 18

4. Comoros 10/10 (-1) 15

5. Central African Republic 10/10 (-13) 8

6. Chad 10/10 (-19) 1

After Matchday 9

 

Qualification:

 

Algeria

Cape Verde

Egypt

Ghana

Ivory Coast

Morocco

Senegal

South Africa

Tunisia

 

Play-Offs:

 

Cameroon

DR Congo

Gabon

Nigeria

Nigeria sneak into the play-offs over Burkina Faso by one goal. Crazy for a side that won one of their opening five.

Sad for Burkina Faso. They're turning into 'Uzbekistan-lite' along with Mali. A couple of nations (along with Cape Verde who've ascended) that were always right on the edge of being considered among the elite African football nations.

The matchups for the playoffs will be 1vs.4 and 2vs.3 based on the next FIFA Rankings.

Right now, that's:

Nigeria 45

Cameroon 52

Congo DR 60

Gabon 79

Considering their results in October I don't foresee this changing much, so it will unfortunately be:

Nigeria vs. Gabon

Cameroon vs. Congo DR

So, there's a chance no debuting nation comes out of this if Nigeria and Cameroon win, but the matches will be played at a nuetral site in Morocco. Straight up semifinals and final.

Edited October 15, 2025Oct 15 by DJHazey

For the right to be the one African nation in the March 2026 intercontinental playoff.

11/13 - Nigeria vs. Gabon - Rabat, Morocco

11/13 - Cameroon vs. Congo DR - Rabat, Morocco

11/16 - SF Winner vs. SF Winner - Rabat, Morocco

Cameroon have qualified for 8 World Cups since 1982, Nigeria have qualified for 6 World Cups since 1994, Congo DR only qualified for the 1974 World Cup, and Gabon have never been.

I think we'll all be pulling for Gabon and Congo DR here, or Nigeria if you dream of another Nigeria/Argentina World Cup group.

Play-Off - Semi Final

Nigeria 4-1 Gabon (aet)

Cameroon 0-1 DR Congo

Africa’s most successful nation at qualifying miss out on this one as Nigeria and DR Congo will battle for the African spot on the inter-continental play-offs

Pulling for Congo DR in this one.

Feel for Gabon to tie the game so late, only to be run over in extra time.

Edited November 14, 2025Nov 14 by DJHazey

Rooting for DR Congo in this one as, again, haven’t saw them at a World Cup.

Think Nigeria will be just too strong for them.

Hopefully Nigeria win though not so sure we would get through the inter confederation play offs if we do so. I think the same for Congo as well.

I’m routing for Nigeria. They have some of the best players in Africa and I want to see them on the biggest stage.

Whichever team wins will be the top seed for the inter-continental play-offs so I think they’ll qualify comfortably.

8 hours ago, Houdini said:

Hopefully Nigeria win though not so sure we would get through the inter confederation play offs if we do so. I think the same for Congo as well.

Are you Nigerian mate?

16 hours ago, Steve201 said:

Are you Nigerian mate?

Yes I am but live in England.

1-1 so far, hard to pick a winner!

Play-Off Final

Nigeria 1-1 DR Congo (3-4 pens)

DR Congo go through to the Inter-Continental Play-Offs

Not to be in the end for Nigeria, World Cups are more enjoyable to watch as a neutral really and I don't think we would have got past the group stage if we qualified. Remains to be seen how Congo will do from here.